Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1887-11-15

flro caused by broken kerosene
lamp. Never use water.
"A good cement to close the cracks
in stoves is mado by mixing wood ashes
and salt
In following the humane system Of
training horses the trainer himself is
trained. -Harpcr's Monthly.
1t Is well known that fino loaf
sugar sprinkled over proud flesh will
remove II with less trouble than with
any other remedy.
The struggle against weeds may be
continued in autumn with more or less
success as long as their seeds can bo
induced to sprout, ready for destruc-
ton by the harrow. The Farmer and
Manufacturer.
Facts clearly and conclsely stated,
principles derived from these facts, and
practical suggestions, must bo the sta
pie of the model farm paper.-MiDne-
sofa Farmer.
Plum Pudding; One pound cur
rants. one pound bread crumbs, one
half pound raisins. one pound suet
chopped fine. four eggs, one table,
spoon brandy. sugar and nutmeg to
taste, orange and lemon peel candied.
Exchange.
Vegetable Soup: Four onions, three
.urnips, four carrots, ono small head
of cabbage, one pint Of butter beans
and bunch of sweet herbs. Boil until
done, add quart Of soup stock; take
two tablespoonfuls butter and one OF
-four, beat to a cream; pepper and salt
to taste; add spoonful sugar. Serve
with fried bread chips. Boston budget
Tho simultaneous development Of
the bono, wool, fat and muscle In the
system Of tho shcop requires a wide
diversity Of clemens in the food. 1t
would be impossible, for instance, to
get owes to thrive we'll on 8 diet Of corn
alone; they would grow too fat, and
would amount to nothing. Variety Is
absolutely essential Troy Times. 4
Prominent poultrymen grow q
large crop of cabbage for winter use.
In the cold season the cabbage Is either
chopped fine and fed to the hens, or
tied to small stakes so they can pick the
heads at will. There is no great
amount Of nutrition in cabbage, but 1t
serves as a change from grain to green
and bulky food. Every poultryman
should lay by few for the hons
indianapolis Journal.
Ginger Cake: One cup Of brown
sugar, one cup Of cold water, one-haf
cup Of buttor, one cup Of mOlasses, one
heapipg teaspoonful Of soda, ono quart
Of siftod -four. and one heaping tea
spoonful Of ginger. a little salt must
bo added unless salt butter Is used.
Bake well In quick oven. By steam
ing two hours this recipe will answer
for pudding. Serve with sweet sauce.
Household.
---Jumbles: Rasp on some good sugar
the rinds of two lemons; dry, reduce it
to powder, and sift 1t with as much
more sugar as will make up pound In
weight. Mix it with one pound Of
-four, four well-bcaten eggs, and six
ounces of warm butter; drop the mix
turo on buttered tins, and bake the
jumbles In very slow oven from
twenty TO thirty minutes. They should
bc pale But perfectly crisp.-Far1n,
Field and Stookman
Road building and road repair
ing Is n science, and an import
ant science too; and IL is ridicu-
lous that work, Of such practical
Importance, should be 80 largely
entrusted to men, who, however skilled
and successful they may be in their
own department Of industry. know
little Of the principles OF surveying or
scientific road making, and whose only
idea Of repairing roadway Is to pile a
lot Of dirt in the middle Of the high
way, until 1t becomes ridge Of soil,
along the narrow surface Of which
teams have TO pick their ways--A b.
Farmer.